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UPDATE 3: Java Train Crash Claims 36 Lives

October 02, 2010

PEMALANG

At least 36 people were killed on Saturday when a passenger train slammed into the back of another train in Central Java, with rescuers freeing dozens more from the mangled wreckage, an official said.

Police said human error was to blame for the accident, which happened before dawn at a station in Petarukan Pemalang, although the official cause was still under investigation.

“Thirty six people were killed and more than 30 were badly injured,” national police spokesman Iskandar Hasan said.

All of the passengers had been freed from the train, according to a spokesman for the Transport Ministry.

“All the victims have been extracted from the train and taken to hospital,” Bambang Ervan said.

Officers at the scene said a train headed to Surabaya smashed into the rear carriages of a Semarang-bound locomotive that was waiting at the platform.

Ten hours after the accident the death toll was still being updated, amid media reports that rescue workers were late to arrive and lacked proper equipment to free passengers trapped in the wreckage.

National railway operator spokesman Sugeng Priyono said the rescue was delayed.

“The rescue came late today because the heavy machineries were located far away from the accident location,” he said.

Many of the dead and injured were trapped in three carriages, which had derailed and flipped over, officials said.

A man living beside the station said the noise of the collision woke him from his sleep. Then he heard people wailing.

“Suddenly I heard a loud crashing and the sound of many people crying. I saw many passengers had been thrown outside the carriages,” he said.

A passenger on the stationary train said he was asleep when he felt a powerful thump and fled the carriage.

“It was really scary. I went outside and realised that the rear carriages had been smashed,” he said.

A survivor from the other train said he was “very traumatised.”

“I don’t want to ride in trains anymore,” he was quoted as saying.

A team of investigators had been dispatched from Jakarta but national police spokesman Iskandar Hasan said the accident was believed to be a result of human error.

“The suspected cause of the accident was a mistake in the traffic management system,” he said.

One person was killed in a separate train collision in Solo, Central Java, which occurred early in the morning, officials said.

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